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My name is Jackie. These are just words. Texas born, New England transplant. Half guerita, half Chicana.
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Shells of former self Like a snake I shed those skins Reborn by the quill #DailyHaikuPrompt #shell #quill #poetry #writers #writingcommunity

I'm chaos wrapped in a bow. #7syllablesentence #poetry #write #writingcommunity

Living on the cusp Something new Something great The penumbra of success It allures me It eludes me Just as stars in night skies Twinkling back at me Though I never can reach #vss365 #penumbra #poetry #write #writingcommunity #booksky

These bones shake A cage carrying soul Tempting fate To come and take me whole Swallow me into that abyss Pressure me into coal Too much I've seen Too much I've felt All innocence all stole #poetry #write #writingcommunity #booksky

I dashed through my youth, oh no. (Where has it gone?) #7syllablesentence #dash #writers #poetry

At times it becomes heavy The weight of the all The enormity of the every Balustrades beneath you collapse Wind screams past Aeolian tunes surround But there's beauty in this plummet If one looks around Your fellow fallen All en masse A sakura-fubuki of peril #vss365 #balustrade #poetry #write

I feel we're failing this quiz. #7syllablesentence #quiz #write #poetry

The sea stretches open This vessel thrashes and aches The gnawing maw of Poseidon makes all things his prey To what depths have we sunken? I cannot fathom #vss365 #fathom #poetry #writingcommunity #booksky

boycotts aren’t supposed to be convenient…

Our freedom for sale An emporium for the elite Guardrails fail Rich men find new ways to cheat #vss365 #emporium #poetry #write #booksky #resist #BlueCrew

Chilling thoughts in school How could brother fight brother? Now it all makes sense #DailyHaikuPrompt #chill #poetry #write #booksky #resist #BlueCrew

Grandpa worked the fields He plowed someone else's meal His country forgets #DailyHaikuPrompt #plow #poetry #write #booksky #LaRaza #Chicano

Be a moonbeam in the dark. #7syllablesentence #beam #poetry #write

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it. Gustave Flaubert

History of man Tales of withered society Dark seeps in Contours a hollow body Cultural collapse The barrel of a gun Humanity lost Supernova of the sun #vss365 #contour #write #writers #poetry #booksky

My altered version of The Star-Spangled Banner #resist #fdt #poetry #write #writers #booksky #Yosemite #flag #America #resistancepoetry #USA

Rides twirl, centrifugal force. #7syllablesentence #ride #write #poetry

Lost in the winter Your sunshine thawed a cold heart Fruits of love ripened #DailyHaikuPrompt #write #thaw #ripen #poetry #love

In the fringes of the cosmos Where eons meld I would search for you And I'm certain there Suspended in that neon canvas I would find you in every star #vss365 #fringe #poetry #write #booksky #love #space

Don't let fear squirm it's way in. #7syllablesentence #poetry #write #squirm

Scrambled thoughts at lunch Someone came and poached my seat There's egg on my face #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #write #egg

Tudor revived without the king. #writingprompt #sixwords

No Plan ©OddlyMe #Earth sweats nervously while we debate plastic straws Got a plan(et) B? #writing #poem #poetry #poet #OddlyMe #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #haikuchallenge

We're fish in this cosmic sea. #7syllablesentence #write #booksky

#writer #authors #writinginspiration #authorsky #amwriting

Mirror's reflection My face an amalgamation Their voices inside me now Hated, unwanted Damnation echoed back Shadow became foe Bottle became friend I sang the family tune Still sunlight found me In that crack in the sidewalk Even thistles bloom #poetry #write #self #selfreflection #booksky

Am I worthy of a voice? Is there a place yet for these thoughts? Or am I just more noise? Another cry unheard? Sonically superfluous? There's an echo in this chamber. #vss365 #sonic #write #booksky

Interrupting your regularly scheduled program to share one of my beautiful babies, Pandora AKA Panda, with the world. 🖤🤎 #cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #tortie #chonk

Every once in a while In the middle of nothing Or the middle of something I think of them Faces from another life How old they must be My heart breaks A pain that will never mend I wish they'd been different I take a deep breath I try to forget again #poetry #write #booksky #family #estranged

Have we tried luring him away with a bottle of self tanner and some wig glue yet?

I pray you for a moment of time I pray that you will hear my rhyme A tale of woe and pestilence But not that of old testaments A story of this modern age Filled with this a modern rage A penance now that must be paid For foes we thought our fathers slayed #vss365 #pestilence #write #booksky